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An All‐ROMP Route to Graft Copolymers
Author(s) -
Hilf Stefan,
Kilbinger Andreas F. M.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
macromolecular rapid communications
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.348
H-Index - 154
eISSN - 1521-3927
pISSN - 1022-1336
DOI - 10.1002/marc.200700083
Subject(s) - romp , copolymer , norbornene , macromonomer , metathesis , polymer chemistry , materials science , grubbs' catalyst , ring opening metathesis polymerisation , polymerization , polymer science , ruthenium , chemistry , polymer , organic chemistry , catalysis , composite material
A new versatile synthesis strategy for macromonomers has been developed that uses the living ring‐opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) with commercial Grubbs first generation ruthenium initiators. Homopolymers as well as diblock copolymers were end‐functionalized with norbornene derivatives to serve as macromonomers. The graft copolymerization of the macromonomers was also carried out employing ROMP. Well‐defined and highly functional graft copolymers are accessible by this new synthetic route.